Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 37, No. 460.
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        Date: 2024-02-21 17:31:45+00:00
        From: Marinella Testori <testorimarinella@gmail.com>
        Subject: Fwd: [Corpora-List] Call for applications - Summer School 2024 - Digital Humanities and Digital Communication: Challenges and opportunities of interacting with and through technology

[Da: Jessica Jane Nocella via Corpora <corpora@list.elra.info>]


Summer School 2024:
Digital Humanities and Digital Communication: Challenges and opportunities
of interacting with and through technology

Host Institution: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Coordinating Institution: Department of Studies on Language and Culture
Website: https://www.summerschooldigitalhumanities.unimore.it/
Dates: 3 June 2024—7 June 2024
Location: Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

We are happy to announce the 6th edition of our Summer School in Digital
Humanities and Digital Communication, which will be hosted by the
Department of Studies on Language and Culture of the University of
Modena and Reggio Emilia, in collaboration with the Fondazione Marco
Biagi. As part of the Doctoral Programme in Human Sciences, the Summer
School aims to provide PhD students and young researchers with
methodological tools for the study of digital communication and data
analysis. This year’s focus is on challenges and opportunities of
interacting through technology, with topics ranging from digital
resources for research in the humanities to the use of new information
technologies for data analysis; from tools for analysing communication
in new media to ways of processing, accessing, and disseminating knowledge.

SUMMER SCHOOL THEMES

The digital world in which we live opens up numerous opportunities, but
also challenges and risks. In recent years the impact of technology has
been profound and far-reaching and the speed at which innovations have
been introduced has radically changed the landscape of research and
communication. New forms of media have transformed our working and
social habits and the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. Digital
technology has also facilitated the production, storage and access to
information. Research, especially in the humanities, has benefited from
increasingly complex digital archives, the flexibility and the
multimodality of digital publishing, the wealth of tools for the
compilation, annotation and analysis of corpora etc. The object itself
of research has changed, often including digital data or focusing on
digital communication and user- generated content in particular.

Dissemination of knowledge has expanded its potential with the use of
augmented reality and gaming. Indeed, generative AI is opening the whole
field of the humanities to new methods and new research questions.
However, these trends often pull in opposite directions, creating
paradoxes and contradictions. For example, whilst an infinite amount of
information is guaranteed, the reliability, trustworthiness and source
of that information is unknown, with AI in the background and the legal
issues associated with it (data leaks, misrepresenting information,
unintended uses etc.). Access to global systems of communication bring
potentially an infinite number of people into contact, but at the same
time, alone with our computers or mobile phones, we can become detached
and solitary. Contemporary forms of communication have blurred the
distinction between what is real and what is virtual. What kind of
demands do the new forms of technology pose on researchers in the
humanities? What role does literacy play in fostering ethical
understanding and critical thinking in today’s technologically evolving
society? Is there a risk of undermining the active role of human agents
with AI? May too much trust be placed on the machine? The summer school
will try to discuss the challenges and opportunities of interacting with
and through technology, considering new fields of study, new tools and
resources, new forms of collaboration in research, while at the same
time allowing participants to explore some of the recent advances in the
field of digital humanities in hands-on workshops. 

APPLICATIONS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
https://www.summerschooldigitalhumanities.unimore.it/application/

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for applications: March 28, 2024
Notification of acceptance: April 10, 2024
Conference website: https://www.summerschooldigitalhumanities.unimore.it/
For any inquiry, please contact the organisers at:
digitalhumanities@unimore.it



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